Disclosure and secrecy in adolescent-parent relationships

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 201-217

  Smetana, Judith G ^a   Metzger, Aaron ^a   Gettman, Denise C ^a   Campione Barr, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; TRUST;

EID: 33644954664     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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